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6 Epic Female Warriors You Don’t Want...

March 30, 2022

In California, a Black warrior queen rides a griffin at the head of an all-female army. In Sparta, girls get ready to race one another around a dirt track lined with columns. In ancient Peru, a huntress takes a shot at a galloping deer. Throughout human history, women have fought. They’ve led armies. They’ve taken down big game. They’ve trained to cut down prey on the hunt and enemies on the battlefield. Both archaeology and history are telling increasingly...

Meet Kenya's Sisterhood of Badass Bikers

March 30, 2022

On a hot February afternoon, 30 or so teenage girls sit quietly in a small classroom. For a brief time, they’re shielded from the bustle of Kibera, a sprawling neighborhood in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi. At the back of the crowded room, a young girl holds a toddler, her gaze flicking between the child and a row of bright red and black helmets lined up on an old table at the front like Roman galea. Beside the table stand...

La Rifa Chocolatería in Mexico City, Mexico

March 30, 2022

While plenty of places offer single-origin chocolate, this confectionery in the Juárez neighborhood of Mexico City takes the concept to the next level. At La Rifa Chocolatería, every aspect of the supply chain is traceable and transparent. Ask where the honey, unrefined piloncillo sugar, or, of course, cacao nibs come from and the staff here can rattle off not only its microregion and village of origin, but also the names of the producers who made it. Since starting the...

Arthur Cottage in Cullybackey, Northern Ireland

March 30, 2022

Arthur Cottage is the ancestral home of Chester Alan Arthur, the 21st President of the United States of America. This carefully restored thatched cottage is reminiscent of rural homes that were present all across Ulster in the 18th-century and it contains many of the utensils, furniture, and homeware of the period. The Arthur Cottage and Interpretative Centre is now widely used for tourism and educational visits, where visitors can learn about Arthur and life during the period. They even...

The Devil's Den in Ashland, Massachusetts

March 30, 2022

Right behind the grandstands of a local high school football field and perched on the edge of a small cliff, is a location that once instilled fear into the hearts of early colonial settlers. The Devil’s Den is the name of a small cave located within the town of Ashland. It is a talus cave that was created when irregularly shaped rocks were piled atop one another. When Puritan settlers first arrived in New England, the fear of the...

Podcast: The Office of Collecting and Design

March 30, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. As part of Women’s History Month, The Atlas Obscura Podcast is bringing you classic episodes from the archive. Here, meet filmmaker and artist Jessica Oreck, who has spent the last 30 years collecting odd and forgotten objects. Now, they’re all beautifully curated and on display in the Office of Collecting and Design in Las Vegas, which you can follow on Instagram. Our podcast is an audio...

The All-Female Culinary Clubs of 20th-Century France

March 29, 2022

With its chic restaurant scene and world-famous chefs, Paris attracts foodies of all stripes. Groups of female diners are an everyday sight, happy socializing as they enjoy exquisite dishes. But that hasn’t always been the case. In fact, there was a time when women were barely accepted as restaurant-goers. In the mid-19th century, France, defeated at Waterloo but still culturally dominant, invented modern haute cuisine. Eating out became a pastime rather than a necessity for the country’s bourgeoisie, an...

Katalin Karikó Mural in Budapest, Hungary

March 29, 2022

In August 2021, a new mural was unveiled in central Budapest. It honors the Hungarian biochemist Katalin Karikó, who, with her research on RNA, developed the basis for the effective mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines. The 220 square-foot mural is titled A jövőt magyarok írják (“The future will be written by Hungary“). It was painted by artists from Színes Város, and took 11 days and 197 liters of paint to complete. Katalin Karikó was born on January 17, 1955, in Szolnok, Hungary. She...

Druchtag Mote in Mochrum, Scotland

March 29, 2022

Scotland’s earliest castles took the form of mottes, these fortifications usually consisted of a wooden keep built on top of an artificial mound. Some mottes also came with a bailey, an enclosed courtyard fortified with a ditch and palisade which would contain additional wooden buildings. Mottes were not just defensive structures, this type of medieval earthwork castle acted as a symbol of the lordship of the area. The first mottes in Scotland were built during the reign of David...

Cushendun Caves in Cushendun, Northern Ireland

March 29, 2022

The little County Antrim Coast village of Cushendun is a quaint village with the typical local pub and local shop. But it is home to a set of caves that attracts hundreds if not thousands of visitors every year—all because of a TV show. The Cushendun Caves were formed over 400 million years ago through the impact of the sea and the local weather weathering down the rock causing natural erosion. The caves are rather short and open up...

This Is What a Polar Explorer Looks...

March 29, 2022

There are some things about Antarctica that may not be apparent to a person who has only seen it in two dimensions. In addition to being the coldest and driest continent, for example, it also has the highest average elevation. Even after scaling craggy mountains and reaching Antarctica’s vast interior plateau (elevation: more than 9,000 feet), an adventurer will find that the terrain is striped with sastrugi, wind-sculpted snow ridges that can be six feet high or more. And...

A Botanical Mystery Solved, After 146 Years

March 29, 2022

Something about the painting made Tianyi Yu pause. The artwork, depicting tropical plants crowded together in a riot of color, had been painted in 1876 by prolific botanical illustrator Marianne North. The wealthy Victorian woman had traveled the world, usually on her own, documenting in bold oils the plants and landscapes she saw. During a trip to Borneo, North had filled this canvas with plants from a particular spot in the forests of the island’s northwest corner. The viewer’s...

Franklin Public Library in Franklin, Massachusetts

March 29, 2022

Franklin Public Library was the first public lending library in America. When it was established in 1778, the town’s designated name was to be Exeter. But the citizens opted to call the town Franklin, after founding father Benjamin Franklin. The town then asked Franklin to donate a bell for a church, but he donated books instead, and asked that they be used to create a library. The town agreed, and in 1790 voted to lend the books to all...

Podcast: The Kalamazoo Gals of the Old...

March 29, 2022

Listen and subscribe on Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major podcast apps. As part of Women’s History Month, The Atlas Obscura Podcast is bringing you classic episodes from the archive, including this story of the women who stepped up to produce thousands of guitars during World War II, only to be written out of history. Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible...

The Ancient, Female Origins of Booze

March 28, 2022

THIS ARTICLE IS ADAPTED FROM THE MARCH 26, 2022, EDITION OF GASTRO OBSCURA’S FAVORITE THINGS NEWSLETTER. YOU CAN SIGN UP HERE. You are the one who soaks the malt in a jar,The waves rise, the waves fall.Ninkasi, you are the one who soaks the malt in a jar,The waves rise, the waves fall. This stanza, written down on a piece of clay in 1800 BC, is part of a curious hymn: part song, part recipe. Ninkasi was the Sumerian...

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